Nevada City, California
Firehouse No. 1 Museum
This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.
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Nevada City, California
This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.
Nevada City, California
California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.
Nevada City, California
Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.
Nevada City, California
A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.
Rough and Ready, California
The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.
Grass Valley, California
A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.
Grass Valley, California
An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.
Grass Valley, California
A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.
Grass Valley, California
The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.
Grass Valley, California
Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.
Grass Valley, California
A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.
Grass Valley, California
The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.
Grass Valley, California
Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.
Folsom, California
This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.
Davenport, California
Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Aptos, California
At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.
Santa Cruz, California
Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Taylor, Nebraska
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Baker, Montana
This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.