The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

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

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

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

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.