Places ravendragonwing Wants to Go

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A wonderful museum on the site of the historic Black Bear Mine on the back of Red Mountain.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

This former smelter is a crumbling ruin, with the exception of its towering smokestack.

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

A World War II structure that has stood the test of time.

Only a few remaining items alert intrepid explorers that a town once stood in this region.

In British Columbia, a unique microclimate has allowed these trees to live much longer than they usually would.

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Hidden within the waterfront hills resides this dilapidated military stronghold.

The scattered debris of a T-33 Canadian naval jet crash from 1963 now stands as a memorial.

At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.

A former elementary school houses one man's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and taxidermy.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.