A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The freeway that never was.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

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

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

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

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.