Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

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

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.