Places of Interest and Things to Do

This is a listing of places of interest around the United States of America. The list is categorized per city or town, per county, and per state. Some listings have clickable links in them that directs to blog articles about a specific place . This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly. Last updated 27 May 2020.

California

Alameda County

Dublin

Fremont

Livermore

Oakland

Pleasanton

Alpine County

Markleeville

Amador County

Jackson

Butte County

Oroville

Calaveras County

San Andreas

Colusa County

Colusa

Contra Costa County

Martinez

Del Norte County

Crescent City

El Dorado County

Placerville

A.J. Kennedy House
Bell Tower
Bosquit House
Cary House Hotel
Church of Our Savior
Combellack-Blair House
Confidence Hall
Druid Monument
Fountain and Tallman Soda Works
Goodrich House
Ingram-Atwood House
John Pearson Soda Works
Masonic Lodge
Placerville Hardware
Placerville Speedway
Placerville Soda Works Building
Plumado House
Red Hawk Casino
Shakespeare Club
Site of Hangman's Tree
Site of John Studebaker Shop
Site of Old Dry Diggins Mining Camp
Site of the Pony Express

Pollock Pines

Sly Park Recreation Area (Jenkinson Lake, Park Creek Waterfalls, Hazel Creek)

Fresno County

Fresno

Glenn County

Willows

Humboldt County

Eureka

Imperial County

El Centro

Inyo County

Independence

Kern County

Bakersfield

Kings County

Hanford

Lake County

Lakeport

Lassen County

Susanville

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles

Madera County

Madera

Marin County

San Rafael

Sausalito

Battery Spencer
Fort Baker
Lone Sailor Monument

Mariposa County

Mariposa

Mendocino County

Ukiah

Merced County

Merced

Modoc County

Alturas

Mono County

Bridgeport

Monterey County

Big Sur Region

Andrew Molera State Park

Big Creek State Marien Reserve and Marine Conservation Area

Big Sur River Watershed

Bixby Creek Bridge

Carmel River State Beach

Dinosaur Rock

Garrapata State Park

Esalen Institute

Henry Miller Memorial Library

Jade Cove

John Little State Natural Reserve

Joseph W. Post House

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Las Padres National Forest

Limekiln State Park

McWay Falls and Cove

New Camaldoli Hermitage

Pfeiffer Beach

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Point Sur Lightstation

Point Sur State Historic Park

Point Sur State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area

Sand Dollar Beach

Santa Lucia Range

Silver Peak Wilderness

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Ventana Wilderness Region

Carmel-by-the-Sea

California Legacy Tours
Carmel Art Tours
Carmel Beach
Carmel Food Tours
Carmel Heritage Society
Carmel Mission Museum
Carmel Walking Tour
Golf
Monterey Movie Tours
Picadilly Park
Point Lobos State Reserve
Wine Tasting

Monterey

Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
Museum of Monterey

Pacific Grove

Andy Jacobsen Park
Berwick Park
Caledonia Park
Chase Park
Chautuaqua Hall
Del Monte Forest
Elmarie Dyke Open Space
Esplanade Park
Greenwood Park
Jewell Park
Lovers Point Park
Monarch Grove Sanctuary
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Perkins Park
Platt Park
Point Pinos Lighthouse
Shoreline Park
Steinbeck Cottage at 11th Street
Steinbeck House at Grand Avenue
Try the Pacific Grove Beach Burger
Walking Tour of Pacific Grove Parks

Pebble Beach

17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach

Salinas

National Steinbeck Center

Napa County

Calistoga

Castello di Amorosa
Old Faithful Geyser

Napa

St. Helena

Nevada County

Nevada City

Truckee

Coldstream Canyon
Donner Memorial State Park & Museum
Donner Summit
Emigrant Trail
Little Truckee River
Mt. Pluto
Sawmill Lake
Soda Springs

Orange County

Santa Ana

Placer County

Auburn

Carnelian Bay

Patton Beach

King's Beach

Brockway Springs
King's Beach State Recreation Area

Tahoe Vista

Agatam Beach
Brockway Summit
Moon Dune Beach
North Tahoe Beach
North Tahoe Regional Park
Sandy Beach Campground
Secline Beach
Tahoe Vista Recreation Area

Plumas County

Quincy

Riverside County

Riverside

Sacramento County

Folsom

Folsom History Museum

Roseville

Maidu Museum and Historic Site
Roseville Utility Exploration Center

Sacramento

Aerospace Museum of California
California Automobile Museum
California Foundry History Museum
California State Capitol Museum
California State Military Museum
California State Railroad Museum
Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento
Crocker Art Museum
Discovery Museum Science and Space Center
Don and June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum
Fairytale Town
Governor's Mansion State Historic Park
Lelan Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Museum of Medical History
Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Sacramento Children's Museum
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
Sacramento History Museum
Sacramento Maritime Monument
Sacramento River
Sacramento Zoo
Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum
State Indian Museum
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
The California Museum
Tower Bridge
Wells Fargo History Museum at Capitol Mall
Wells Fargo History Museum at Old Sacramento

Woodland

Heidrick Ag History Center

San Benito County

Hollister

San Bernardino County

San Bernardino

San Diego County

Carlsbad

Legoland California Resort

Coronado

Coronado Beach

San Diego

Balboa Park
Little Italy
Seaport Village
USS Midway Museum
Worldmark by Wyndham at Balboa Park

San Francisco City and County

San Francisco

Alcatraz
Embarcadero
Fisherman's Wharf
Fort Mason
Golden Gate Bridge
Pier 39
Presidio
San Francisco Fleet Week
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Yerba Buena Gardens

San Joaquin County

Escalon

Lathrop

Lodi

Changing Faces Theater
Hill House Museum
Lodi Lake Park
Lodi Musical Theater Company
Micke Grove Regional Park
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
World of Wonders

Manteca

Ripon

Stockton

Acker Island
B & M Building
Bank of Stockton Building
Banner Island Ballpark
Belding Building
Bob Hope (Fox) Theater
California Building
Cort Tower
Elks Building
Emergency Hospital
Haggin Museum
Henery Apartments
Heung Shan Temple
Hotel Stockton
Kress Building
Mansion House
Masonic Temple
Medico Dental Building
Miracle Mile
Port of Stockton
Rough and Ready Island
Saint Mary's Church
San Joaquin County Courthouse
San Joaquin Delta
Sperry Flour Office
St. John's Episcopal Church
Stockton Arena
Stockton City Hall
Stockton Civic Auditorium
Stockton Children's Museum
Stockton Field Aviation Museum
Stockton 99 Speedway
Tretheway Building
Turn Verein Hall
University of the Pacific
Weber Point

Tracy

San Luis Obispo County

San Luis Obispo

San Mateo County

Redwood City

San Mateo

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara

Santa Clara County

Campbell

Campbell Farmers' Market

Cupertino

Gilroy

Gilroy Premium Outlets

Los Altos

Los Altos Hills

Los Gatos

Lexington Reservoir
Los Gatos Creek Trail

Milpitas

The Great Mall

Monte Sereno

Morgan Hill

Mountain View

Palo Alto

Arastradero Preserve
Cantor Arts Center
Digital DNA
Elizabeth Gamble Garden
Franchman's Tower
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House
Matadero Creek
Mental Research Institute
Packard's Garage
Palo Alto Arts Center
Palo Alto Airport
Palo Alto Foothills Park
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
Palo Alto University
Palo Alto Farmers' Market
Stanford Shopping Center
University Avenue
Palo Alto Varsity Theater
Stanford Terrace Inn
Stanford Theater
Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish

San Jose

Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Alum Rock Park
Avaya Stadium
Bank of Italy Building
California Theatre
Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
Chinese Cultural Garden
Church of the Five Wounds
Circle of Palms Plaza
City National Civic
Computer History Museum
Coyote Creek Trail
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Emma Prush Farm Park
Field Sports Park
Guadalupe River Park and Gardens
Guadalupe River Trail
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
Hayes Mansion
Heritage Rose Garden at Guadalupe River Park
History San Jose at Kelly Park
Hotel de Anza
Institute of Contemporary Art
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
James Lick Observatory
Japanese American Museum
Japanese Friendship Garden at Kelley Park
Japantown Farmer's Market
Japantown San Jose
Kelley Park
Lake Cunningham Skate Park
Los Alamitos Creek Trail
Los Gatos Creek Trail
Martial Cottle Park
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Mission San Jose
Mount Hamilton
NASA Ames Visitor Center
Oak Hill Memorial Park
Old Bank of America Building
Overfelt Gardens
Penitencia Creek Trail
Peralta Adobe & Fallon House
Plaza de Cesar Chavez
Portuguese Historical Museum
Raging Waters
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Rosicrucian Park
Rotary Play Garden at Guadalupe River Park
San Jose Bike Party
San Jose Center for the Performing Ars
San Jose City Hall
San Jose East Carnegie Branch Library
San Jose Flea Market
San Jose Improv
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
San Jose Municipal Stadium
San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Giants
San Jose Sabercats
San Jose Sharks
San Jose State University
San Jose Steam Railroad Museum
San Pedro Square Market
SAP Center at San Jose
Sikh Gurdwara-San Jose
Silver Creek Valley Trail
South First Fridays
Spartan Stadium
The Intel Museum
The Tech Museum of Innovation
The Theater on San Pedro Square
Winchester Mystery House

Santa Clara

California's Great America
Mission Santa Clara
San Francisco 49ers
Westfield Valley Fair

Saratoga

Sunnyvale

Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz

Shasta County

Redding

Sierra County

Downieville

Siskiyou County

Yreka

Solano County

Fairfield

Sonoma County

Santa Rosa

Stanislaus County

Modesto

Art Walk (3rd Thursday of the Month)
Central West Ballet
Gallo Center for the Arts
Gallo Family Winery
George Lucas Plaza
Graceada Park Neighborhood
John Thurman Field
McHenry Mansion
McHenry Museum
MoBand or Modesto Band of Stanislaus County
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
The State Theater
Townsend Opera

Sutter County

Yuba City

Tehama County

Red Bluff

Trinity County

Weaverville

Tulare County

Tulare

Visalia

Tuolumne County

Sonora

Ventura County

Ventura

Yolo County

Woodland

Yuba County

Marysville

Bok Kai Temple
Decker-Jewitt Bank
Ellis Building
Ellis Lake
Englebright Lake
Feather River
Forbes House
Hart Building
Hotel Marysville
Jose Manuel Ramirez House
Marysville Historic Commercial District
Marysville Main US Post Office
Packard Library
State Theater
Warren P. Miller House
Yuba River

Wheatland

Nevada

Washoe County

Crystal Bay

Stateline Fire Lookout

Incline Village

Diamond Peak
Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada
Hyatt Beach
Lakeshore Boulevard
Mountain Bike Ride at Flume Trail
Preston Field Park
Sand Harbor
Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Thunderbird Lodge or Whittell Estate

Reno

Mt. Rose Scenic Overlook
Tahoe Rim Trail
Tahoe Meadows
Virginia Street Bridge or the Bridge of Sighs

Tennessee

Cocke County

Hartford

White Water Rafting

Siever County

Gatlinburg

Anakeesta
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guinness World Records Adventure
Misty Mountain Soap Co.
Ober Gatlinburg
Ripley's Aquarium
Ripley's Believe It or Not
Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf
Ripley's Haunted Adventure
Ripley's Mirror Maze
Ripley's Moving Theater
The Spice and Tea Exchange