Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.