Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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