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

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

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

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

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

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.