Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.