An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

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

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

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

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

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.