Places julialalexander Wants to Go

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The last of its kind in the country.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.