The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.