These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.