Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Because there's no place like home.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

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

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.