In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

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

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.