The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.