Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

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

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

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

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.