Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

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

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Climb 200 stairs up the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast for an unbeatable view.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.