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A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

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

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.