The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

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

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

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.