It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.