The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

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

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

Here began Southern California's oil boom over 100 years ago

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.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.