California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The largest drain hole in the world.

A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.

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

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

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.