Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.