This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

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

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

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

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.