Places Ruehleia Wants to Go

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

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.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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