The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.