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An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.