World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

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

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

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

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.