Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

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

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

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

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

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

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

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."