Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Oldest building in California still in use.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.