Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.