Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

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