The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.

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

A striking geological formation in Southern California.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.