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

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

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

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.