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

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

The magic's in the hole!

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

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.

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

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