Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

A repository of Pasadena history.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.