This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

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

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.