Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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