The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.