Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

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

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.