One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.