The largest drain hole in the world.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

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

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.