San Francisco, California
American Bookbinders Museum
This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).
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San Francisco, California
This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Berkeley, California
Handmade treasures from around the world.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Fremont, California
This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.
San Francisco, California
A miniature view of the park, caught in time.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
San Francisco, California
Half of a house.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Crockett, California
Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.
Davis, California
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
Davis, California
Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
St. Helena, California
This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
Healdsburg, California
This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.
Point Arena, California
The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Ukiah, California
One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.