Always a new use for this old building.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.