This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.