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

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

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

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.