A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The ruins of a 16th-century bridge loom over Olivença's sovereignty.

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

In a forgotten Central Valley industrial park lies the busiest railroad junction in California.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.