Places Tink48 Wants to Go

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Mexican food and folk art.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.