Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

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

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

The largest drain hole in the world.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.