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Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

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

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

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A little-known, but surprisingly large waterfall on the Little Truckee River in the northern Sierra Nevada.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.