Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

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

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

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

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.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

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

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.