Antiques by the Bay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

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

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.