Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

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

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

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.