The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.