Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.