This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Because there's no place like home.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

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

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

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