A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.