This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.