Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.