The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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