Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.