A park where you can watch the highway zoom past.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.