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The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

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.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.