Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

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

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

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

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

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

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

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

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

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.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

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