Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

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