Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

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

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

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

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.