One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

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

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.