The drive to the Almaden Quicksilver Park is breathtaking… but nothing compared…
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What are Adobe Buildings? Luis Maria Peralta Adobe
One of the downsides of staying in California for an extended period…
Agnews — The Great Asylum for the Insane in San Francisco
It’s been a while since my car rental was upgraded to a…
Star Wars: Photos from the Exhibition in San Jose
From Boston to Portland to Australia to Alaska to Texas to California,…
Alta Mesa Cemetery — Steve Jobs and Ron McKernan
Alta Mesa is a non-denominational cemetery that was established in 1904 in…
Inside the San Francisco Food Bank
The San Francisco/Marin Foodbank has been distributing food to San Franciscans for…
Lachryma Montis, Sonoma
While the owners of Filoli (the Bourn family) made their fortune in…
The Keystone’s Heavy Metal History
The Ramones played here… Metallica… Mötley Crüe…and just about every hair band…
The Frenchman’s Tower of Palo Alto — a Place Lost in Time
On Old Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, tucked in amongst scrubby…
Computer History Museum
An ad for the Silent 700 reads: With her sleek new Silent…
Pez Museum, Burlingame
Are you a collector? This was the first question out of the…
From Snow Banks to Lemons — Life on the Road
Not much has happened in the way of travel over the last…