A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

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

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