An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

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

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

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

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

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