Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

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

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

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.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

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

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

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

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.