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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."