Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.