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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

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

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."