This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.