The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

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."

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

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.