Established in 1941, San Diego's premier venue for contemporary art occupies Ellen Browning Scripps' remodeled and restored home (1916). Scripps commissioned architect Irving Gill to design the structure, which, like the other Gill-designed buildings..

With a glorious setting above La Jolla's coastline, the contemporary Mission-style complex encompasses a state-of-the-art aquarium and the largest museum in the nation devoted solely to oceanography. Named to recognize funding from the Stephen and Ma..

A leading world center for biological research and a unique marriage of science and architecture, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies occupies a 26-acre site overlooking the Pacific.Founded in 1960 by Dr. Jonas Salk$ (1914-95), who pioneered th..

Established in 1899, this 1,750-acre reserve is dedicated to the preservation of one of the world's rarest pine trees. Thought to be remnants of an ancient forest that was disrupted by glaciers, fewer than 6,000 Torrey pines (Pinus torreyana) survive..