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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

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

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.