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

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

California's largest steel arch bridge.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

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

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

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

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.