Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.