A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

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

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

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

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

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.