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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.