The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

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

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.