Places matthewbauer97 Wants to Go

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.

The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

A rare venue to buy specialty maps.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.