A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

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

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

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

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).