Northern California Off the Beaten Path, 5th: A Guide to Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)

From the Shasta-Cascade region south to Big Sur and Fresno, this guide steers readers to little-known, seldom-visited places in urban San Francisco as well as in the sticks. Explore the back streets in Chinatown, sip espresso with an aging poet in North Beach, visit an island that was off-limits until recently, and enjoy a meal at the last lumberjack-style cookhouse in the West.