Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

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

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.