Places Atomic Redhead Wants to Go

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.