Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.