The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

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

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.