Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

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

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

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