An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

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

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.