A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.