At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

California's first suspension bridge.

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

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.