Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

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

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.