This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

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