Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.