Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.