Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.