A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.