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Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

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

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

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

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.