This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

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

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

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

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.