The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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