A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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