Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

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

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.