Places nejuum Wants to Go

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

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).

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.