Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

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

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.