A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.