The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

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

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

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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