Places thewinepirate Wants to Go

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

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

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.