The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.