A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

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

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.