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Sacramento, California

Sacramento's Original Street Level

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
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Berkeley, California

Urban Ore

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.
Added by Raphi Gottesman
Oakland, California

Children's Fairyland

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.
Rebecca Burgan Added by Rebecca Burgan
San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
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San Francisco, California

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Simeon, California

Hearst Castle

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Added by jedijoel
San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
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Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
canuck Added by canuck
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

Free Spirit Spheres

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.
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Malakwa, British Columbia

The Enchanted Forest

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
elinar Added by elinar
Belvedere Tiburon, California

Lyford's Tower

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Jose, California

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Francisco, California

Treasure Island

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
Mark Casey Added by Mark Casey
San Francisco, California

Defenestration

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Added by cjwvos
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Added by mbison
San Francisco, California

Seward Street Slides

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Francisco, California

Mescaline Grove

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Francisco, California

Spreckels Temple of Music

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California

Research Departments, California Academy of Sciences

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.
San Francisco, California

Japanese Tea Garden

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Claymore Added by Claymore
San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
San Francisco, California

Portals of the Past

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
San Francisco, California

The Dore Vase

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black