A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.