Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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