This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

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

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

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

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

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