The Conservatory of Flowers is a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. It sits in the oldest building of the park, its construction having been completed in 1879.
Fisherman’s Wharf, on the northern waterfront, is one of the city's busiest tourist areas. There are souvenir shops and stalls selling crab and clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls and you can see the Golden Gate and Alcatraz from here as well. There’s also a colony of sea lions on the docks, and this is where you would catch a ship for a dinner cruz.
The real life Azkaban!!!
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco. It is one of the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. It's amazing! It has an aquarium, art and history museum, a rainforest, a planetarium and a rooftop garden.
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum established in 1996 in Mountain View. The museum shares the stories and artifacts of the information age and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society.
Strange and beautiful. One of Annie's favorite places!
Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere. Conveniently located near several wineries. :)
Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium, known for its focus on researching the marine habitats of the Monterey Bay.
Kayak Elkhorn Slough at Moss Landing and see the largest contingent of California Southern Sea Otters!
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses and scenic attractions, such as the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.