Places onoma Wants to Go

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

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.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.