Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.