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.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

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

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.