Places varmicon Wants to Go

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.