Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

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

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.