A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Inside this sculpture park are dozens of woodcrafts crafted by the gentle hands of a chainsaw.

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."