California Postcard - Zeppelin

California Postcard - Hiller Aviation Museum

California Postcard - Powered Parachutes

The Tracy airport is home to a group of guys who fly and teach people to fly "powered parachutes" - ultralite aircraft that use a parachute as a wing. They say it's the safest form of flying  since they won't stall on you and if the engine loses power, you just come down under the parachute.

California Postcard - The Sutter Buttes

The Sutter Buttes have been called the world's smallest mountain range.

California Postcard - Eco-Cycling Tour

Biking along the Hidden Coastside, take a ride with Jonathan Mumm on Mary Hill's Coastal Elegance Eco-Cycling Tour in this week's California Postcard.

California Postcard - California Academy of Sciences

http://The newly refurbished California Academy of Sciences re-opened this fall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.  Jonathan Mumm gives us a look in this edition of California Postcard.

California Postcard - Ghost Story

It's fall with rain in the forecast -- a perfect time for a ghost story!  In this California Postcard, Jonathan Mumm takes us through Old Sacramento and tells us a few of its ghostly tales!

California Postcard - Smartsville/Timbuctoo

The one-time Gold Rush towns of Smartsville and Timbuctoo are the subjects of a new book.  Only the ruins of the Wells Fargo office remain in Timbuctoo but you can reach Smartsville off Highway 20 in Yuba County.

California Postcard - Troll Knoll

John and Ann Morris call the gardens around their Penn Valley home the Troll Knoll. And yes, they do offer tours. For more information, click here.

California Postcard - Mark Twain's Cabin

The abode of one of America's most famous storytellers is just a short drive from Sacramento in Tuolumne County.

California Postcard - Spectator Racing

Jonathan Mumm and News10 racing junkie Rodney Speed got behind the wheel at All American Speedway in Roseville to take part in "Spectator Racing."    

California Postcard - Mare Island

The one-time Mare Island Navy Shipyard is now Mare Island Historic Park and even though some abandoned buildings at the entrance may put you off, drive onto the grounds and you'll soon have a change of heart.  You'll be able to see and tour the mansions known as Officers' Row, see the military chapel, visit the museum and peer down into the gigantic dry docks. 

California Postcard - Columbia State Historic Park

You can try your hand at panning for gold at Columbia's Matelot Gulch Mining Company where the gold comes from the Hidden Treasure Gold Mine. 

California Postcard ? Forbes Island

Just off Pier 39 in San Francisco sits Forbes Island Restaurant, the only restaurant in California you need a boat to get to.

California Postcard - Delta Wakeboard Camp

Acrobatics are the name of the game in wakeboarding. The Delta Wakeboard Camp at King Island Resort offers lessons and says nearly everyone can catch on.

California Postcard - Preston Castle

California Postcard - Model Engines

You've seen scale steam engines that pull small locomotives and passengers around a park, well that's only a small part of the Model Engine hobby. 

California Postcard - Calaveras Big Trees

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, off Highway 4 near Arnold.

California Postcard - Railtown 1897

Hollywood first discovered the Jamestown Roundhouse and Sierra Railroad back in the silent era -- now, they call it the "Movie Railroad."

California Postcard - Tahoe Queen

Check out the $1-million makeover of the paddle wheeler Tahoe Queen.