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

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

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

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.

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

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.