This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

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

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The largest drain hole in the world.

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