Places Renwill Wants to Go

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.