This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A large instrument played by the wind.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Mexican food and folk art.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.