Places PossumMan Wants to Go

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.