The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.