Places tikiman7 Wants to Go

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

In this beloved beach town, a secret seafood haven lies tucked behind a car wash.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

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

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.