A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

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.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

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

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.