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Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

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

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

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

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.