Places miodek Wants to Go

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.