Calistoga, California
Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Grass Valley, California
Empire Mine State Park
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
San Francisco, California
McElroy Octagon House
One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.
Inverness, California
Point Reyes Boat
This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.
San Francisco, California
Museum of Russian Culture
Russian history in San Francisco.
Vallejo, California
Mare Island
The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.
San Francisco, California
Bourn Mansion
A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.
Richmond, California
Richmond Shipyards
Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.
Mountain View, California
Hangar One
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
San Francisco, California
Hotel Majestic
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Permanently Closed
Coalinga, California
Iron Zoo
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
San Francisco, California
Hunter's Point Shipyard
Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.
Santa Rosa, California
Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Stanford, California
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.
San Francisco, California
Faery Door
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
San Diego, California
1895 Looff Carousel
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
San Francisco, California
Cayuga Park
Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.
Oakland, California
16th Street Train Station
A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.
San Bernardino County, California
Amboy Crater
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Belvedere Tiburon, California
Lyford's Tower
Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.
Oakland, California
Bay Bridge Troll
A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.
Oakland, California
Children's Fairyland
This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.
Los Angeles, California
Great Wall of Los Angeles
One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.
San Jose, California
Rosicrucian Park
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
