Places Nerdabella Wants to Go

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.