Places mthomant Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

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