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.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.