Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.