Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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 remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

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.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.