Squaw Valley is one of the largest ski areas in the United States.
A fantastic used book store in the Inner Richmond district of San Francisco.
This Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is named for Makato Hagiwara, the garden's original caretaker.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a world-famous suspension bridge completed in 1937.
Luffenholtz is the architypic apex of North Coast beaches.
Billed as the best Honky Tonk west of the Mississippi, Pappy and Harriets is sort of the center of the action in Pioneertown.
This one is for anyone that has seen Pee-Wee's Big Adventure where Pee-Wee watches the sunrise from inside a giant concrete dinosaur.
Ice arena established (and often frequented by) the late Charles Schulz.
At the forefront of modern mixolgy in San Francisco, Alembic has a wide selection of whiskeys and bourbons, and a huge list of classic cocktails.
A massive saline lake in the sierras, Mono Lake has no outlet and is the natural collection point for all of the salts and minerals that wash down out of the mountains.