Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Russian history in San Francisco.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.