Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

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

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.