San Diego, California
Space Invaders
The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.
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San Diego, California
The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.
Irvine, California
One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Santa Barbara, California
The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Isabela, Puerto Rico
This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.
San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Kyrgyzstan
Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.