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 beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

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

Half of a house.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.