Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.