The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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

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

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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