After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

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

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

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

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

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

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

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

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.