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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

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

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.