For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

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

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.