"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

Home of the "true" equator.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.