Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.