A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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