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

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.