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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.