The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

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

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

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

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

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Make sweet music as you walk through this interactive sonic sculpture.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

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.

Two historic and closed cemeteries, separated by a low income apartment building.

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.