New Wisdom Project column: When travel feels like a secular religious experience

Some have a designated place to pray. I have a designated place to think. You can pray or think anywhere, of course, but some places are by design or their nature more conducive to going deeper.

My secular cathedral is San Francisco's Ocean Beach, found at the western edge of the city, beyond Golden Gate Park, overlooking sea and sky. Walking along this wide, three-and-a-half mile expanse of nature is how I do my best thinking.

CNN wants to know what places are sacred to you.