There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The last of its kind in the country.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.