The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.