Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.