Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

A bridge commemorating the actor's legacy and his Terryville roots.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.