No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.