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

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

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

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.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

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

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

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

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.