One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.