Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.