Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The smallest country in the world.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The largest drain hole in the world.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.