The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.