Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.