Places Opinicus Wants to Go

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.