The Coastal California Road Trip Most Tourists Don't Know About

If a road trip is only as good as its pit stops, you know this one is guaranteed to be great because Sausalito's floating homes are no run-of-the-mill roadside attraction. Pull off Highway 101, park the car in the open-to-all lot, and unholster your camera: These color-packed abodes sport the kind of maritime-theme add-ons that only a bunch of endearingly quirky houseboats could: weathered spy tours, portholes, bows in lieu of porches. (Pro tip: September is the Floating Homes Association's 30th Annual Tour, during which several homeowners open up their pads for voyeuristic visitors.)