A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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