L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

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

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.