This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

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

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.