An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

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

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.