This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Mexican food and folk art.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

What is the Thing?

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.