Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

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

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

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

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

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

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.