A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.