At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

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

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.