This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

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

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'