Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Antiques by the Bay.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.