Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.