A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.