A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Antiques by the Bay.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.