The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.