Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.