The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.