A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

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

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Russian history in San Francisco.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.