This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.