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This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.