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One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.