Places sweetcandee00 Wants to Go

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

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

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

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

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.