Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

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.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.