Pacific Grove, California
Kissing Rock
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Places I've been
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Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Moss Landing, California
More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.
San Francisco, California
A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.
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
The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Sausalito, California
A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.
Palo Alto, California
The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.
Palo Alto, California
This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
San Jose, California
A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Jose, California
Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.
San Jose, California
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
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
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Los Angeles, California
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."