The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

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

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A tribute to two brothers' artistic endeavors.