Places Dapper Dan 9 Wants to Go

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

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

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

This crumbling warehouse was once the third-largest cannery in the U.S. and the first in the world to can green asparagus.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

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

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

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

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.