An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

The last of its kind in the country.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

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

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

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

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

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

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

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.