Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.