This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.