California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.