Places mary3moriarty Wants to Go

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.