The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.