Places leifericpeterson Wants to Go

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.