The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

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

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

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

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.