The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The world's longest known cave system.

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.