A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

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

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

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

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.