Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Wool processing mill in an unlikely location.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

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

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.