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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.