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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

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

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

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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