The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.