Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.