Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.