The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

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

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.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.