One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.