Palm Desert, California
Smiler's Point
This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.
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Palm Desert, California
This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.
Thousand Palms, California
Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.
Chino Hills, California
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
Jensen, Utah
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Newport Beach, California
These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Santa Barbara, California
California's largest steel arch bridge.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Lee Vining, California
A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.
Bandon, Oregon
According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.
Los Angeles, California
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
Solvang, California
In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
Los Angeles, California
This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.
Kerby, Oregon
An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.
Kanab, Utah
Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.
Mono City, California
This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.
Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Orlando, Florida
A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.
Anaheim, California
Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.
Anaheim, California
The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.
Anaheim, California
A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.
Los Angeles, California
A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.