A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

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A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A Community Cornerstone.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.