Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.