Places Laylao89 Wants to Go

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Hidden in a Hollywood apartment, this restaurant takes diners on a gastronomic journey through West Africa.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.