There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

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

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

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

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).