The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.