This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

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

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.