An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

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

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Because there's no place like home.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.