Places Just Pete Wants to Go

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Resting place of the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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."

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.