This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

The Ortega family started their iconic food company in this small, adobe kitchen.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

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

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

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.