A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

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