A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.