Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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