Places starvira Wants to Go

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

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

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

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

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

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.