Places sophiestjacques Wants to Go

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.