These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A land of debatable treasure.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.