This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.