Places katarina Wants to Go

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This gallery is home to everything from antiques, to ancient tribal masks.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.