Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.