This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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 unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.