Places Tink48 Wants to Go

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.