This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.