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

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Antiques by the Bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.