Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

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

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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.