Tulelake, California
Lava Beds National Monument
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
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Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Los Angeles, California
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Los Angeles, California
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
San Francisco, California
Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
San Francisco, California
A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
San Francisco, California
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.