Places leifericpeterson Wants to Go

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The world's largest collection of ticks.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.