From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.