This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

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

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

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.