An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

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

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

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