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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.