This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.