Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A large instrument played by the wind.