One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.