Places duano Wants to Go

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

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

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

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

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

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

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

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

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

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

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.