A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

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

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

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

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

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.