This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Oldest building in California still in use.