This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

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

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.