The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

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

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.