One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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.