Places lokimann Wants to Go

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.