This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.