Places joparkman Wants to Go

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.