A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

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."

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.