A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Russian history in San Francisco.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.