Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

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

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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

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."

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.