Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

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

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

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

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.