Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

A large instrument played by the wind.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.