The model behind the iconic 3D test model.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Antiques by the Bay.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

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

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

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.