Russian history in San Francisco.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

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