A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

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

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.