This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

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

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.