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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

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

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.