San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

Apple memorabilia in an undisclosed warehouse, hidden for undisclosed reasons.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.