A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.