A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.