From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

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

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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