Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

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

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

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

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

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

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.