Places zkf Wants to Go

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The colorful array of art leads to a small Aztec pyramid.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.