A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

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

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Antiques by the Bay.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

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

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.