Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.