A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.