Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

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

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.