The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

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

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.