Places roadtriptammy Wants to Go

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.