This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.