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

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

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