An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

Two side-by-side historic and closed cemeteries.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.