California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

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

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

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

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

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

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.