The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

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

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

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

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.