Places Roysli Wants to Go

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.