The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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