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

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.