Places onoma Wants to Go

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

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

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.