A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Antiques by the Bay.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.