This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.