Places ravendragonwing Wants to Go

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

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

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.