San Bernardino County, California
Mojave Lava Tube
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
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San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Los Angeles, California
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Alexandria, Virginia
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Yorktown, Virginia
The location where the American Revolution ended.
Newport News, Virginia
A collection of vehicles across American military history.
Alexandria, Virginia
Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.
Charles City, Virginia
This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.
Alexandria, Virginia
The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.