The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.