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Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Antiques by the Bay.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

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

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.