During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”