Santa Clarita, California
Gibbon Conservation Center
This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.
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Santa Clarita, California
This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Winterhaven, California
Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.
Los Angeles, California
A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.
Pasadena, California
Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.
Rancho Cordova, California
This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
Altadena, California
This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.
Rio Vista, California
Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.
Palo Alto, California
A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Pismo Beach, California
Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.
Los Angeles, California
Wild West history in Hollywood style.
San Francisco, California
A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.
Eureka, California
Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."
Sacramento, California
A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Walnut Creek, California
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
Olema, California
'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.
Irvine, California
One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.
San Francisco, California
A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
San Francisco, California
An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.
Los Angeles, California
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
Carpinteria, California
Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.
San Francisco, California
The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.