An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

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

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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