A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.