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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.