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

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

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

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

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

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

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.