This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.