A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.