The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A unique collection of artistic rides

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland which were used to align spy satellites.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.