"Only the devil could play golf here."

A large instrument played by the wind.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.