Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

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

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A commercial fishing boat stranded on the California coast.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.