This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.