The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.