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

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

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

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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.