Piercy, California
Confusion Hill
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
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Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Washoe County, Nevada
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Incline Village, Nevada
A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
Incline Village, Nevada
This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).
Pacifica, California
A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Colma, California
The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Ukiah, California
One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.
Point Arena, California
The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
San Francisco, California
Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.
San Francisco, California
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Berkeley, California
Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Sausalito, California
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
Richmond, California
An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.