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

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

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

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

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

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.