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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.