This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.