5 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Mill Valley - Atlas Obscura

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Mill Valley, California

Nature Friends Tourist Club

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Mill Valley, California

Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Mill Valley, California

Headlands Center for the Arts

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Added by maidensharon

Mill Valley, California

Dad O'Rourke's Bench

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

Added by AlpineJoe

Mill Valley, California

B612 Foundation

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Dylan

Are we missing something unusual in Mill Valley?

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Gates Co-op Houseboat Community

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Tre

3 miles from Mill Valley

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The Bay Model

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Added by sarahbenson

4 miles from Mill Valley

Atlas Obscura Trips

Hip-Hop, Hippies, and Robots: Invention and Reinvention in San Francisco

Sep 19—Sep 21, 2019

We'll set out together, September 19-21, to explore unusual galleries, test our cocktail-making skills, and visit the city's best unofficial museum.

Atlas Obscura Trips

Hip-Hop, Hippies, and Robots: Invention and Reinvention in San Francisco

We'll set out together, September 19-21, to explore unusual galleries, test our cocktail-making skills, and visit the city's best unofficial museum.

Photo by Matthieu Comoy

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