Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

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

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This museum honors the farming past of the “Salad Bowl of the World.”

The world's longest known cave system.

Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.