The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.