Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Oldest building in California still in use.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.