The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.