A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.