Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.