Places lovexdumpling Wants to Go

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

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

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

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

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.