Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.