From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

A Community Cornerstone.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Just outside this metal recycling center stands a prehistoric creature composed of scraps.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.