Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.