A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.