A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.