Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.