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This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.