Places morganyoga Wants to Go

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.