The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.