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

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.