The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

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

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.