The national headquarters of the dowser’s society founded in 1961.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.