A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

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

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

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

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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