A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.