A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.