A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.