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

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.