A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

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

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

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.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

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

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

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.