Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

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

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

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

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

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

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

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

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