This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.