A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

A life-sized statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex made out of driftwood.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.