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

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.