Los Altos, California
The Apple Garage
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
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Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Auburn, California
A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.
San Francisco, California
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
San Francisco, California
This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).
Grass Valley, California
Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.
Lodi, California
A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.
San Francisco, California
Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
San Diego, California
The freeway that never was.
Avalon, California
Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
Riverside, California
This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.
Los Angeles, California
A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.
Santa Monica, California
One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.
San Francisco, California
The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.
South Pasadena, California
The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.
Fort Bragg, California
Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.
Cathedral City, California
Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.
San Francisco, California
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
Los Angeles, California
Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.
San Francisco, California
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.