Trip: California + Vegas Road Trip

Rebuilt in 1945 after the 1907 original was damaged by a passing truck, the Lowell Bridge is the widest covered bridge in Oregon.

Completed in 1928, this historic hotel in Beverly Hills was once home to Warren Beatty and Elvis Presley (1958-60). It also enjoyed a starring role in Pretty Woman (1990).

Begun in 1919, this princely estate situated on La Cuesta Encantada near San Simeon was to be a permanent family residence, a place of retreat, and a showcase for the many art treasures amassed by William Randolf Hearst.

A notorious federal prison, historic Alcatraz is also a Civil War fortress, the home of the first lighthouse on the West Coast, and the birthplace of the Indian Red Power movement.

Completed in 1972, the unique design of the Transamerica Building is a defining element of the San Francisco skyline.

Completed in 1937, the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the most famous landmarks in America.

A mining camp named Golden was built here by prospectors who dug gold from Coyote Creek in the 1850s. Today it is a ghost town and state park, whose four surviving buildings include a pretty wooden church and a general store.

This historic hotel in southern Oregon was built in 1883, catering to stagecoach travelers en route between San Francisco and Portland. Now part of a state park, the Wolf Creek Inn is the oldest operating hotel in Oregon.

Recently rebuilt, the Chambers Railroad Bridge is the last covered railroad bridge remaining in Oregon. It was built by the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railroad in 1936 to provide access to a sawmill in Cottage Grove.

The first bridge on this site was built in the 1880s; the present Parvin Bridge (a.k.a. Lost Creek Bridge) dates from 1921. Bypassed and restricted to pedestrians in the 1970s, it was restored in 1986 and is once again open to traffic.