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

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Nature Friends Tourist Club

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

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Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site

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

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Headlands Center for the Arts

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

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Dad O'Rourke's Bench

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

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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.

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Gates Co-op Houseboat Community

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

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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.

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4 miles from Mill Valley

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Dark Skies, Desert Beasts: A Night Photography Workshop in Borrego Springs, California

May 7—May 10, 2019

Journey deep into the desert of Southern California to explore and photograph the Dark Sky Sculptural Oasis of Borrego Springs.

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