This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

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

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A volcanic spur of Lake Tahoe wrapped in Washoe sacred stories and road tunnels

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

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

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.