Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

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

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

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

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