Rose Visits California

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

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