An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.