Santa Cruz, California
Court of Mysteries
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
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Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Eureka, California
Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."
San Francisco, California
Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
San Francisco, California
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
Alameda, California
Antiques by the Bay.
San Francisco, California
A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Albany, California
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
Berkeley, California
A storybook European village in Berkeley.
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Sebastopol, California
Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."