Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.