The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

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

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.