Places smejdole Wants to Go

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

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

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.