A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

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

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.