Places opaellunea Wants to Go

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

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

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

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

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.