Places Nerdabella Wants to Go

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.