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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

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

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

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

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Russian history in San Francisco.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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