This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.