Places Kate Rayne Wants to Go

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

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

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).

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.