Places mfoster42 Wants to Go

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

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

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.