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Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A commercial fishing boat stranded on the California coast.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

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

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

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

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.