At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.