Places renkessler Wants to Go

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.