Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.