A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.