Places raquel9e Wants to Go

Sip a beer under the gaze of every U.S. president.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An underwater city for the dead.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.