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

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

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

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.