Mount Hamilton, California
Lick Observatory
The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.
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Mount Hamilton, California
The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.
Castroville, California
An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.
Aptos, California
This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
Moss Landing, California
More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.
Newark, California
From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.
Stanford, California
The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Los Angeles, California
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.