Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...