Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.