A big museum full of little worlds.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.