Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.