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Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

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

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.