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A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.