This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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