An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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.

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

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

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

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