Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.