A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

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

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

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

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

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