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Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

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

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

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

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

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

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

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

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.