The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.