Oakland, California
Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
112
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Permanently Closed
San Francisco, California
Vaillancourt Fountain
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's Cable Car Museum
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
Oakland, California
Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden
Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Columbarium
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Hotel Vertigo
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.
Los Angeles, California
Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, California
Mission Dolores Cemetery
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
Three Gems
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
Oakland, California
Chapel of the Chimes
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Long Now Orrery
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
Culver City, California
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
San Francisco, California
The Tonga Room
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
San Francisco, California
Mescaline Grove
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Garden of Fragrance
Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
San Francisco, California
‘Wood Line’
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
