The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

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

A youth-centric science center hides an industrial triumph.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.