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

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

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

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

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

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

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.