A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

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

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

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

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.