Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.