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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.