Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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