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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

At 216 feet in length, this ornamental allium string is a feat to behold.

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

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

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.