Places sfmichelearmstrong Wants to Go

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.