A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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