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Antiques by the Bay.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

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

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.