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

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.