Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

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Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.