A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

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

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.