A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

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

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The magic's in the hole!