Places vroomvroomkitty Wants to Go

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.