Places miodek Wants to Go

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Mexican food and folk art.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.