Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Half of a house.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

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

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.