The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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