A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.