Places jstuber20 Wants to Go

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

This sundial indicates the time based on where you stand within it.