A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.