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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sausalito

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sausalito, California

Updated May 1, 2013

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Sausalito, California

The Bay Model

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
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Sausalito, California

Marin Headlands

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
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Gates Co-op Houseboat Community

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.
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The Lava House at sunset, with explorers.

Belvedere Tiburon, California

Lava House

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.
1 mile from Sausalito
Inside the glamorous Victorian interior

Belvedere Tiburon, California

China Cabin

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

Belvedere Tiburon, California

Old St. Hilary's Chapel

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.
2 miles from Sausalito
Lyford’s Tower with Angel Island in the background

Belvedere Tiburon, California

Lyford's Tower

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.
2 miles from Sausalito
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