The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.