Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.