Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

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

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."