An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

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

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.