A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.