27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.