Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.