San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
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San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
Alameda, California
Antiques by the Bay.
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Alameda, California
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
Oakland, California
A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Woodside, California
This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Sunol-Midtown, California
A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Stanford, California
A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Sunnyvale, California
An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.
Mount Hamilton, California
The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Santa Clara, California
One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.
Milpitas, California
This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.
San Jose, California
A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
San Jose, California
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
Richmond, California
A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.