Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

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

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.