Nature in California

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.