Places zydeko Wants to Go

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.