San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

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