This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

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

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.