International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.