The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Half of a house.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Mexican food and folk art.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.