I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

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

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

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

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.