A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

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

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

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

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

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

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.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.