Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.