A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.