Places mikhail Wants to Go

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.