This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

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

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

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

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.