Places Seabiscuit Wants to Go

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.