An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.