Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.