This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

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

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.