The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.