San Simeon, California
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
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San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Monterey, California
Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.
Shandon, California
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.