Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

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

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.