The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.