Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.