A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.