Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A Community Cornerstone.