An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.