Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A commercial fishing boat stranded on the California coast.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Climb 200 stairs up the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast for an unbeatable view.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.