Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

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

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.