A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.