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

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

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

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

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

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