Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The magic's in the hole!

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.