Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.