Places Rin Wolfe Wants to Go

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.