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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.