The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A large instrument played by the wind.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.