One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

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

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

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

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.