Places Seabiscuit Wants to Go

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.