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San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.