Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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.

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

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.