The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The magic's in the hole!

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.