Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

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

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.