Places marissaweekend Wants to Go

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An underwater city for the dead.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.