The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

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

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.