One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Because there's no place like home.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.