The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.