Living in a fast-paced and focused world, we often get too hyped up about fancy restaurants and travel destinations. In a change of pace, Siliconeer presents some hidden gems.

Alviso salt ponds offer a unique landscape where shallow evaporating ponds create striking salt flats with varying colors of water spanning from green to deep red, depending on salt concentration and algae levels. This wetland area attracts thousands of migratory birds and provides educational walking trails through restored marshlands.

The old Dumbarton Bridge pier, built in 1927, remains partially intact in the bay after the current bridge’s construction. These concrete pillars now serve as roosting spots for birds and provide fishing access, while offering views of Dumbarton Bridge, the bay, and surrounding wetlands.