These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

You can climb to the top of the world's largest rocking horse.

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.