Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

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