Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.