A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.