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

Because there's no place like home.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.