Places Ancientproof Wants to Go

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.