The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

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

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

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

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.