The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

In a forgotten Central Valley industrial park lies the busiest railroad junction in California.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

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

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.