Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.