The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

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

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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