Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.