A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

A fascinating and comprehensive look at the evolution of medical practice in the Sacramento Valley since the mid-1800s.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

An astounding 13th-century architectural and historical achievement

This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.