Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

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

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.