This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.