Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.