A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.