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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

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

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

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.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.