Places ssho305 Wants to Go

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

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

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.