In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

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

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.