This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

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

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.