A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.