A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Antiques by the Bay.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.