These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.