This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.