Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.