A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

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

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

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

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.