The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

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

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.