Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

It would be a crime to miss it.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.