One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Because there's no place like home.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.