Places kiserk Wants to Go

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

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."

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.