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

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

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.