Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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