A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

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

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.