If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.