The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

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

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

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.

The final resting place of 19th-century sailors previously banned from being buried within Portuguese Macau.

The abandoned airport is a strangely intact remnant of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.