Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Antiques by the Bay.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

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

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

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

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

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

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

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.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.