Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

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

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.