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

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.