Mountain View, California
Computer History Museum
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
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Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Moss Beach, California
A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.
San Francisco, California
A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.
San Francisco, California
A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.
Albany, California
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
Rio Vista, California
Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.