Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.