Places Oxa Wants to Go

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America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

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

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.