California Dreaming

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Los Angeles, California

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

anhie

Los Angeles, California

The Museum of Death

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Genki

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Added by Mary Marshall Fowler

Los Angeles, California

Phantasma Gloria

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

aerienne

Added by aerienne

Los Angeles, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Los Angeles, California

No Vacancy

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

wmilam

Added by wmilam

Los Angeles, California

Mosaic Tile House

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

rjhemedes

Added by rjhemedes

Los Angeles, California

Tiki-Ti

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

Matt Blitz

Added by Matt Blitz

Los Angeles, California

‘Urban Light’

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

leiris

Added by leiris

Los Angeles, California

Angels Flight

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

anhie

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Los Angeles, California

Idle Hour

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Tanja M Laden

Added by Tanja M Laden

San Francisco, California

Secret Tiled Staircase

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

rebeccaclara

Added by rebeccaclara

San Francisco, California

Seward Street Slides

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

San Francisco, California

Alcatraz Island

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng

San Francisco, California

Yoda Fountain

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Added by mcovert7

San Francisco, California

Peephole Cinema

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Holly Prz

Added by Holly Prz

San Francisco, California

Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

mojotexas

Added by mojotexas

San Francisco, California

Bourbon & Branch

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

San Francisco, California

Crown & Crumpet

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Elise

San Francisco, California

Book Club of California

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

Dylan

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Center for the Book

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

CKItamura

Added by CKItamura

San Francisco, California

Vaillancourt Fountain

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

eleskog

Added by eleskog

San Francisco, California

Short Story Vending Machine

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

San Francisco, California

Beat Museum

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

Added by mally436

San Francisco, California

Faery Door

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.

Alex Mayyasi

Added by Alex Mayyasi

San Francisco, California

Alvord Lake Bridge

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

San Francisco, California

Buena Vista Park Tombstones

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

San Francisco, California

Balmy Alley Murals

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

It's It

Gastro Obscura

It's It

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

Gastro Obscura

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

The Zombie

Gastro Obscura

The Zombie

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

Gastro Obscura

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Garlic Ice Cream

Gastro Obscura

Garlic Ice Cream

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.

Gastro Obscura

jessemiers

Added by jessemiers

Soylent

Gastro Obscura

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Gastro Obscura

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Real Wasabi

Gastro Obscura

Ingredients & Condiments

Real Wasabi

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Gastro Obscura

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Bodfish, California

Remington Hot Springs

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

yobeemer2175

Added by yobeemer2175

Johannesburg, California

Randsburg

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Yosemite National Park, California

The Ahwahnee Hotel

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

merhutch

Added by merhutch

Big Sur, California

McWay Falls and Waterfall House Ruins

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

San Francisco, California

The Tonga Room

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Three Rivers, California

Tharp’s Log

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Added by cynthiaphung

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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