A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

This small collection in the back of a shop is the only oddities museum in Saskatoon.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."