A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.