Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The world's longest known cave system.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.