A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

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