The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

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

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.