Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.