Places viv157 Wants to Go

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.