'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

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

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.