Places pmaris Wants to Go

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.