Sonoma, California
Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Places I've been
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Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Cotati, California
A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Healdsburg, California
A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
Santa Rosa, California
Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.
Sebastopol, California
Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.
San Francisco, California
These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.