Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

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

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.