Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.