Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

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

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.