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

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.